Mining Accidents: Time for a Rules Change?

[yellowdingo]

There have been (and continue to be) a large number of Mining Accidents this year putting one life after the next at risk. Is it time for the UN to talk about International Laws requiring Open Cut Mining? Should there be a policy of 'If you cant Mine Opencut - you cant Mine'?

[Freehold DM]

Unsure about this. Mining accidents are, unfortunately, quite common, and I believe there is a good chance that the reason we are hearing so much about them lately is because the one in Chile was astonishing and we're looking for copycats. I believe we already have laws governing mining, although they could be enforced a little better.

[Shifty]

We had Beaconsfield before Chile had theirs.

Unfortunately mining disasters are popular news these days, so we have it foist upon us 24/7. Only because theres no Tsunami in the last 5 minutes.

[Crimson Jester]

Shifty wrote:

We had Beaconsfield before Chile had theirs.

Unfortunately mining disasters are popular news these days, so we have it foist upon us 24/7. Only because theres no Tsunami in the last 5 minutes.

Or politician doing, well what politicians tend to do when they think no one is paying attention.

[Starglim]

yellowdingo wrote:

Is it time for the UN to talk about International Laws requiring Open Cut Mining?

The UN can talk about anything it likes. What would actually have to happen is for every individual nation to prevent its citizens buying ore or metals produced from shaft mining, like the bans on blood diamonds or bits of endangered species. I can't see either China or the US signing up to that.

[snobi]

Miner Beware

[Shifty]

It's a wipe.

29 dead.

Pretty sad, but it dodn't look promising from the start.

[yellowdingo]

Shifty wrote:

It's a wipe.

29 dead.

Pretty sad, but it dodn't look promising from the start.

Yeah...Its pretty tragic that there has been a second mine explosion.